Laptop CD-ROM question

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 10:33 am

Laptop CD-ROM question

Would it damage the CD-ROM drive to pull it out of the bay while the computer is turned on?

Vertigo · Post by **Vertigo** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:06 am

Don't think so...

It'd probably crash winblows, tho...

Arbitar · Post by **Arbitar** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 12:22 pm

the drives on my dads laptop can be exchanged anytime. you just pull out the cd drive, then pop in the floppy drive. not that you'd ever use floppys anymore

Jagger · Post by **Jagger** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 9:20 pm

I don't think it affects anything. I've always noticed the CDROM drives are listed under the devices you can "Stop" in Windows XP's Removable Devices icon in the system tray.

Defender · Post by **Defender** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 12:48 am

The same applies to win2k (not sure if/which SPs are/would needed).

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 1:29 am

Might not be a good idea because it's possible to burn out your drive, IDE controller, both, or more..

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 12:27 pm

This happened to a new Dell. I pulled out the CD-ROM while computer was running and then put it back in. At that time I had never tried the CD-ROM. Later, for the first time, I tried to use it to install a program and the light would flash and I could hear it running but it would not read ANY CD.

Thanks for the info.